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Evidence that chromatophores of cephalopods are linked by their muscles

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Light microscopy of living skin and electron microscopy confirm the hypothesis that chromatophores of cephalopods are linked horizontally by their muscles. Earlier physiological evidence is discussed and interpreted.

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  1. D. Froesch

    Present address: Sektion Elektronenmikroskopie, Universität Ulm, Oberer Eselsberg, D-79, Ulm, BRD

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  1. Laboratoire Arago, F-66650, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France

    Vreni Froesch-Gaetzi & D. Froesch

  2. Sektion Elektronenmikroskopie, Universität Ulm, D-7900, Ulm, Federal Republic of Germany

    Vreni Froesch-Gaetzi & D. Froesch

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This paper is dedicated to Professor Adolf Portmann on the occasion of his 80th anniversary.

We wish to thank Prof. J. Z. Young and Dr. P. R. Boyle for helpful discussion and the Swiss Government for financial support.

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Froesch-Gaetzi, V., Froesch, D. Evidence that chromatophores of cephalopods are linked by their muscles. Experientia 33, 1448–1450 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01918799

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